Liège-Bastogne-Liège Women 2025, historic victory for Le Court Pienaar

Liège (Belgium), 27 April 2025 - The optical illusion of a winning double iris at the Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2025 for a moment it was there, but the reality is very different: the success is on the male side of Tadej pogacar it does not echo that of the world title counterpart Lotte Kopeky, Because the Deanery female goes to Kim LeCourt Pienaar and the shirt has many other meanings.

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The Mauritian champion of theAG Insurance-Soudal, born in Pretoria from father of the Mauritius and Scottish mother, perfectly embodies the spirit of a cycling that is expanding its geographical borders. But woe betide anyone who diminishes the success of the class of '96, who with a powerful sprint beat Demi Vollering, the only one to have the race in its bag Liege including the fourth place finish Cedrine Kerbaol, and Puck Pieterse, to a simple discussion of globalization. The athlete herself was keen to remind us of the many problems she had in the race today, including cramps and other physical problems that seemed to have taken her out of the game well in advance. There was in fact a moment in which The Court Pienaar had lost the wheels of the best group: same fate had befallen him on the Cote de la Redoute a Elisa Longo Borghini, with the difference that this time there is no twist of a rekindled flame. For the Piedmontese, an extremely negative day, for a forgettable end to the season of Classics. In the end, the task of holding the tricolour flag high falls to Monica Trinca Colonel, eighth and placed in the group of the best at a distance of 24" from the four leaders who would have competed for the sprint: among them also the rainbow jersey, this time the real one, of Kopecky, who takes the satisfaction of bringing home the sprint of defeats. The real party is all about The Court Pienaar, active in the panorama UCI da 10 seasons. After several laurels obtained at continental level, in 2024 the Mauritian takes home a stage (the final one from Pescara a L'Aquila) To Giro d'Italia Womenthen closing 18esima in the general classification. Right after that victory the class of '96 said they were happy to bring the small island of theIndian Ocean from where it comes: mission largely successful on the roads ofItaly but even more so today. Then, precisely, today's success in a classical, which for theAfrica remember the victory of the Eritrean Biniam Girmay to the Ghent-Wevelgem 2022. But for a victory in a Monument, there are no precedents for the acute The Court Pienaar, which also receives compliments from Pieterse and other rivals. A Liege the anthem of the plays Mauritius and, amidst tears, the underdog par excellence celebrates in a women's cycling that so far this season, unlike what is happening in the men's, has not seen any dominators. The parenthesis of the Classics, from 4st May (until the 10st May) will be staged Vuelta Femenina 2025If so much gives so much, there will be no shortage of spectacle and surprises.

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